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What's your favorite TV sitcom episode of all time? (Original Post) marym625 Apr 2015 OP
Barney Miller. Hash CBGLuthier Apr 2015 #1
Oh I love this episode marym625 Apr 2015 #3
That is hilarious! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #26
Mooshie, mooshie: the hash brownies from Barney Miller pscot Apr 2015 #2
One of the funniest things ever! marym625 Apr 2015 #4
Martin Lawrence delivers a baby KeepItReal Apr 2015 #5
Never saw this before marym625 Apr 2015 #8
LOL! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #33
Bob Newhart's Thanksgiving Day episode. cloudbase Apr 2015 #6
Oh I had forgotten about that one marym625 Apr 2015 #9
Moo Goo Gai Pan!!! hifiguy Apr 2015 #57
MORE GOO!!! Coventina Apr 2015 #155
Yeah, that's fun stuff. We watch that every Thanksgiving. fishwax Apr 2015 #112
The Turkey episode is probably my favorite, but the 'Fly The Unfriendly Skies' episode of... onehandle Apr 2015 #7
awesome episode! marym625 Apr 2015 #10
WKRP with Taxi a very close second sarge43 Apr 2015 #11
slow down! marym625 Apr 2015 #12
Oh. You want funny. OK sarge43 Apr 2015 #15
Oh my dog good stuff! marym625 Apr 2015 #16
OMG! Tim Conway was a master. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #32
One of my faves pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #134
"Whaaaaat doooes a yelloooooow liiiiight mean?" WinkyDink Apr 2015 #45
MASH episodes involving Colonel Flagg treestar Apr 2015 #13
What a great character! marym625 Apr 2015 #14
And Chimpy's administration was full to the gills hifiguy Apr 2015 #58
Have to agree marym625 Apr 2015 #85
The first thing that came to mind OriginalGeek Apr 2015 #17
I'm going to have to look that one up marym625 Apr 2015 #19
he reprised the role on a few more episodes OriginalGeek Apr 2015 #105
I'm not a fan marym625 Apr 2015 #108
I first saw Pee Wee 2naSalit Apr 2015 #128
Thank you! marym625 Apr 2015 #181
South Park's Mormonism episode. valerief Apr 2015 #18
dumb dumb dumb dumb! marym625 Apr 2015 #21
Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #23
Despite giving the question a lot of consideration hifiguy Apr 2015 #55
that was great -- i never saw it before. thanks. n/t orleans Apr 2015 #133
I can never get this one out of my head.......... Enthusiast Apr 2015 #20
ha! A non pony country! marym625 Apr 2015 #22
Ponies are always a good thing. hifiguy Apr 2015 #62
ah! so you're a bronie! marym625 Apr 2015 #86
It's in my sigline! hifiguy Apr 2015 #89
I didn't know that marym625 Apr 2015 #91
cheers, squeaky shoes ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #24
LMAO! marym625 Apr 2015 #25
Now that is some funny shit. How did I ever miss that? Surely I couldn't have forgotten. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #28
Cheers: "An Old Fashioned Wedding" Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2015 #159
I love weddings! ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #161
Sychronicity: I posted this and two days later my previously unsqueaky ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #234
All in the family: everybody tells the truth Ron Obvious Apr 2015 #27
I remember this! marym625 Apr 2015 #29
Yes, I always liked him as Harris Ron Obvious Apr 2015 #30
Did you see the barney Miller episode up thread? marym625 Apr 2015 #31
Yes! Ron Obvious Apr 2015 #40
yep. it was a great show marym625 Apr 2015 #42
Another worth mentioning is Niles Crane's Valentine's Day date on Frasier pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #34
What a great show marym625 Apr 2015 #36
That was hilarious. I peed myself every time he fainted. valerief Apr 2015 #46
That was a real tour de force by David Hyde Pierce pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #49
That was a good one! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #35
Thanks! marym625 Apr 2015 #37
I laughed too. I have a respiratory infection. It hurt to laugh. But it felt good too. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #38
Oh I'm sorry you are sick marym625 Apr 2015 #39
All of the Absolutely Fabulous episodes. m/t RebelOne Apr 2015 #41
except for Southpark marym625 Apr 2015 #43
I should have included one from Family Guy, but there are soooo many valerief Apr 2015 #52
I never watched the other 2 but family guy, yeah, SO many marym625 Apr 2015 #84
I don't remember the Family Guy episode, but Lois' Christmas meltdown gratuitous Apr 2015 #213
I concur! nt valerief Apr 2015 #64
Oh DERP! marym625 Apr 2015 #67
A new favorite for me is JimDandy Apr 2015 #44
That was a great one! marym625 Apr 2015 #48
Father Ted - Dougal replaces milkman frogmarch Apr 2015 #47
That series was one of the funniest I'd ever seen! I'd forgotten about it. nt valerief Apr 2015 #54
I have never heard of this before marym625 Apr 2015 #68
I should've posted this one instead frogmarch Apr 2015 #71
hahaha marym625 Apr 2015 #87
Seinfeld- Bubble Boy Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #50
I sort of remember it marym625 Apr 2015 #69
You can watch it for free this month... Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #73
ok! thanks! marym625 Apr 2015 #88
No, I'm sorry, the correct answer is "moops." pamela Apr 2015 #131
Moors!!!! Initech Apr 2015 #149
Newsradio Season 3 Ep4 Arcade NightWatcher Apr 2015 #51
I never watched that show. marym625 Apr 2015 #70
That show was comedy gold. Inkfreak Apr 2015 #83
MASH the episode when Henry dies. mucifer Apr 2015 #53
Yes, that was an amazing show marym625 Apr 2015 #72
Fawlty Towers - but which one? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #56
I'm sure they're great marym625 Apr 2015 #74
#1 - WKRP - the Turkey episode. hifiguy Apr 2015 #59
Another WKRP that's not hilarious... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #61
I don't remember that one. marym625 Apr 2015 #76
The Phone Cops ep was funny, just not on a par with the turkey ep. Here... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #77
As soon as it started playing I remembered it. marym625 Apr 2015 #90
Playing around on DU, I sometimes reference the Phone Cops pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #97
I'm going to have to do that now! marym625 Apr 2015 #99
You know this post is being monitored by the Phone Cops, right? pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #100
LMAO! marym625 Apr 2015 #102
Definitely awesome choices! marym625 Apr 2015 #75
I remember Newhart as a standup comic pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #132
my parents had this too! marym625 Apr 2015 #138
A little song, a little dance, SwankyXomb Apr 2015 #217
One of the all time greats Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 #219
MASH... hippywife Apr 2015 #60
They do fine! marym625 Apr 2015 #78
I am so out of tune with most all of hippywife Apr 2015 #101
exactly what I did! marym625 Apr 2015 #104
I just keep my hippywife Apr 2015 #139
hahaha marym625 Apr 2015 #140
Roseanne. A Stash From the Past. bigwillq Apr 2015 #63
Ha! marym625 Apr 2015 #79
something from Frasier dolphinsandtuna Apr 2015 #65
See #34 pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #66
That was a great show! marym625 Apr 2015 #80
one of my favorite Frasier clips pokerfan Apr 2015 #237
Easy. The funeral for Marshals dad on How I Met Your Mother. Inkfreak Apr 2015 #81
I have never seen that show. marym625 Apr 2015 #228
Soap - Bob and Chuck Mind reading marym625 Apr 2015 #82
Soap is one of my favoriate sitcoms of all time csziggy Apr 2015 #123
He was superb marym625 Apr 2015 #125
Yes - and remember Benson was a spin off from Soap csziggy Apr 2015 #127
I think he had a stroke marym625 Apr 2015 #180
Yes, he did - during a series csziggy Apr 2015 #210
Yes. undervalued in the TV industry marym625 Apr 2015 #225
Audio/video don't synch very well but there is a low quality video here gvstn Apr 2015 #172
Thanks! csziggy Apr 2015 #173
Although it was not my favorite show, Jenoch Apr 2015 #92
yes, I remember all the discussion about that when marym625 Apr 2015 #93
Anyone remember the Cheers episode where Harry Anderson pulls a poker scam? oberliner Apr 2015 #94
I remember that. kairos12 Apr 2015 #95
Yes marym625 Apr 2015 #96
Coach was such a great character oberliner Apr 2015 #107
totally agree marym625 Apr 2015 #110
that's definitely one of the show's best episodes fishwax Apr 2015 #114
Might Not Be As Funny to the Single DUers ok_cpu Apr 2015 #98
I'm single and thought that was hilarious marym625 Apr 2015 #103
Actually, I'd never heard of it until just now. ok_cpu Apr 2015 #170
It was on TV Land marym625 Apr 2015 #184
I'm tossing a new one into a mix - 'Charlie Work' from It' Always Sunny in Philadelphia LynneSin Apr 2015 #106
I've not heard of it before marym625 Apr 2015 #109
If you have never seen 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' you might not get it LynneSin Apr 2015 #151
It's kind of scary I know nothing about this or so many other shows marym625 Apr 2015 #179
Laverne and Shirley climb the greasy pole Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #111
That was nice marym625 Apr 2015 #113
"Period of Adjustment" from season 8 of M*A*S*H mike dub Apr 2015 #115
Yes, that was a good one marym625 Apr 2015 #117
Boy Meets World sakabatou Apr 2015 #116
I don't think I ever saw it. marym625 Apr 2015 #118
If you were a kid/teen in the 90s, this was your sitcom sakabatou Apr 2015 #119
ah! nope marym625 Apr 2015 #120
And I was 6 sakabatou Apr 2015 #121
I am old enough to be your mom marym625 Apr 2015 #122
She's now... 62? sakabatou Apr 2015 #124
I'm 51 marym625 Apr 2015 #126
You're still a lovely Spring chicken pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #129
Why thank you! marym625 Apr 2015 #137
Andy Griffith Show-Opie's Charity pamela Apr 2015 #130
I love the early shows marym625 Apr 2015 #141
"That's My Boy?" was a BIG DEAL at the time.... Smarmie Doofus Apr 2015 #135
I've never heard of it marym625 Apr 2015 #142
Carl Reiner..... Rob's dad. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2015 #144
like a dream team for a TV show marym625 Apr 2015 #145
BTW... Carl Reiner had a recurring role on the show as "Alan Brady".... Smarmie Doofus Apr 2015 #146
Ouch. Wikipedia says he died yesterday. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2015 #147
Nothing in the news about it. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2015 #163
Hopefully it's a goof. My wiki link looks like it's under construction now. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2015 #165
Someone screwing with Wikipedia. phew! marym625 Apr 2015 #183
You scared me! marym625 Apr 2015 #182
He is fantastic! love him. can't wait to see this. Thanks again! marym625 Apr 2015 #148
Taxi episode when Alex made Elaine see a shrink because of her erratic behavior Skittles Apr 2015 #136
wow! can you imagine losing a child at that age? marym625 Apr 2015 #143
Seinfeld where Jerry and George hijack a limo headed to a neo Nazi rally. Initech Apr 2015 #150
LOL! marym625 Apr 2015 #152
Curb Your Enthusiasm - "The Doll" Initech Apr 2015 #153
omd that's hilarious! marym625 Apr 2015 #185
The look on Larry's face is freaking classic. Initech Apr 2015 #209
LMAO! marym625 Apr 2015 #224
Rodney and Del Boy StarlightGold Apr 2015 #154
Another one I have never heard of. marym625 Apr 2015 #186
"Only Fools and Horses" StarlightGold Apr 2015 #211
Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #226
Maybe Youtube StarlightGold Apr 2015 #212
Thanks! I will check it out! eom marym625 Apr 2015 #227
Andy Griffith - too many for a favorite, but here are a couple cyberswede Apr 2015 #156
awesome stuff! marym625 Apr 2015 #188
Will and Grace: The Hospital Show Smarmie Doofus Apr 2015 #157
My fav Will & Grace is the "Sound of Music" episode Coventina Apr 2015 #160
Or anything with Just Jack or Jack 2000 valerief Apr 2015 #176
Jack's Magic Act: Smarmie Doofus Apr 2015 #223
Great episode! marym625 Apr 2015 #189
"Give it to me straight, Dr. Huxtable. Am I looking at a lifetime.... Smarmie Doofus Apr 2015 #206
LOL! marym625 Apr 2015 #207
Well... not quite. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2015 #214
Oh sorry. It was a will and grace marym625 Apr 2015 #215
Vitameatavegamin malthaussen Apr 2015 #158
classic! marym625 Apr 2015 #190
Simpsons "Bart After Dark" Coventina Apr 2015 #162
I hate to admit it marym625 Apr 2015 #191
That's a really good episode to start with. It's a great plot and the characters are all in top Coventina Apr 2015 #196
Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #205
So many awesome episodes from that era. Initech Apr 2015 #208
Star Trek..The Trouble With Tribbles...NT abakan Apr 2015 #164
Good one! I do remember that one. marym625 Apr 2015 #192
Well, the OP did specify "sitcoms." malthaussen Apr 2015 #200
Big Bang Theory - The Loobenfeld Decay Bosonic Apr 2015 #166
My favorite BBT is the Thanksgiving episode from 2013. Coventina Apr 2015 #175
Good stuff! marym625 Apr 2015 #193
The way Sheriff Andy handled the Freedom Riders trying to desegregate Mayberry Bucky Apr 2015 #167
I don't remember that one. marym625 Apr 2015 #195
Ellen's coming out episodee. jobycom Apr 2015 #168
She helped change me. marym625 Apr 2015 #197
good thread, can't think of one nt steve2470 Apr 2015 #169
Glad you like the other's choices! hi! marym625 Apr 2015 #198
The turkeys were the first thing that came to mind KamaAina Apr 2015 #171
Oh the humanity! marym625 Apr 2015 #199
Monty Python's Cheese Shop Sketch Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #174
I remember this! marym625 Apr 2015 #201
Some of us Python fans tried to recite it in high school Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #222
That's funny! marym625 Apr 2015 #229
"Not much of a cheese shop, is it?" hifiguy Apr 2015 #239
Taxi: Reverend Jim's driving test Kaleva Apr 2015 #177
slow down! marym625 Apr 2015 #202
The Young Ones Ahpook Apr 2015 #178
That is a GREAT episode!! Coventina Apr 2015 #194
That's good stuff! marym625 Apr 2015 #203
Fawlty Towers; "Don't mention the war" A HERETIC I AM Apr 2015 #187
I remember this episode marym625 Apr 2015 #204
I have a tie. "Barney's First Car", Andy Griffith Show & "The Betrayal" Seinfeld. catbyte Apr 2015 #216
Great episodes! marym625 Apr 2015 #230
Mine was the WKRP Liberalynn Apr 2015 #218
Great episode! marym625 Apr 2015 #231
I remember that episode. hifiguy Apr 2015 #240
Mary Tyler Moore, Chuckles the Clown's Funeral jcboon Apr 2015 #220
LOL! me too! But great choice. thanks marym625 Apr 2015 #232
For me it was this one without any doubt aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2015 #221
I didn't know it was a comedy marym625 Apr 2015 #233
CHEERS: Bar Wars IV This Time It's For Real ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #235
excellent choice! marym625 Apr 2015 #236
Futurama - Jurassic Bark pokerfan Apr 2015 #238
I've seen that a dozen times hifiguy Apr 2015 #241
LOL! marym625 Apr 2015 #242
I never found it a lol episode pokerfan Apr 2015 #243
I haven't seen it. marym625 Apr 2015 #244
It's a good one pokerfan Apr 2015 #246
Not sure which one is my all time favorite, but I have a few. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2015 #245
All great choices marym625 Apr 2015 #247

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
1. Barney Miller. Hash
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 11:03 AM
Apr 2015




But I will admit that the surprise appearance of Greg Morris on that episode of Dick van Dyke is a winner.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
4. One of the funniest things ever!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 11:07 AM
Apr 2015

Two replies and it's the same episode. Too damn funny!

You two are in sync! Thank you!

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
57. Moo Goo Gai Pan!!!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 06:42 PM
Apr 2015

Thanks for reminding me of that one. Laughed myself nearly sick every time I saw it.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
7. The Turkey episode is probably my favorite, but the 'Fly The Unfriendly Skies' episode of...
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 11:18 AM
Apr 2015

...The Bob Newhart show is probably a close second.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
10. awesome episode!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 11:43 AM
Apr 2015

Man he was funny! Thanks for this. Pretty much been laughing for the last hour and a half with the stuff posted.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
15. Oh. You want funny. OK
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 12:17 PM
Apr 2015

This isn't sitcom, but sketch comedy

Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway's Elephant Story. Conway's timing and the cast's reaction kick this into the comedic stratosphere

marym625

(17,997 posts)
14. What a great character!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 12:02 PM
Apr 2015

I have to agree. I feel the same way about Bewitched episodes with Aunt Clara

Thanks!

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
58. And Chimpy's administration was full to the gills
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 06:44 PM
Apr 2015

with paranoids like Flagg, as is the permanent government and the military. A sobering thought.

The best Flagg episode was the one where Charles set him up like a bowling pin.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
17. The first thing that came to mind
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 12:34 PM
Apr 2015

was the first time Peewee Herman was on Murphy Brown. I think I laughed until my stomach hurt for the entire 30 minutes - because I was still laughing during the commercials.


But there are probably many others - especially from Bob Newhart, Dick Van Dyke,

marym625

(17,997 posts)
19. I'm going to have to look that one up
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 12:36 PM
Apr 2015

I watched Murphy brown religiously but I don't remember that one.

Thanks!

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
105. he reprised the role on a few more episodes
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 10:48 PM
Apr 2015

and they were all good, but that first one...man...lol, now I'm gonna have to look it up too...

2naSalit

(86,490 posts)
128. I first saw Pee Wee
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 01:51 AM
Apr 2015

doing some stand up thing on TeeVee, may have been his first appearance on it, and I could not breathe I was laughing so hard.

So far all the videos above are great and I remember every one of them but I don't know if I could decide on a favorite so I'm just going to enjoy all the offerings here. Good OP!

marym625

(17,997 posts)
181. Thank you!
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 09:33 AM
Apr 2015

I don't know that I could pick one as a favorite either. They're all hilarious. Or, as a few have been, masterfully done while not funny. Like the All In The Family about the Vietnam War

Glad you enjoyed it!

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
55. Despite giving the question a lot of consideration
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 06:32 PM
Apr 2015

I cannot determine whether this or Scientology is dumb dumb dumb dumb dumber. Both are so excruciatingly idiotic that it may be a question that cannot be resolved.

Both rattle the brainpan.

Man, oh man, people are gullible.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
91. I didn't know that
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 08:44 PM
Apr 2015

The mobile version doesn't show me signature lines.

But I never met a bronie I didn't like!

marym625

(17,997 posts)
25. LMAO!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 01:19 PM
Apr 2015

Squeaky shoe club! I had forgotten that episode. Thanks! Too funny!

I like the episodes with Woody and Kelly. They were just so damn funny together

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,829 posts)
159. Cheers: "An Old Fashioned Wedding"
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 11:19 AM
Apr 2015

This particular episode was as fast paced and wacky start to finish as a Marx Brothers movie-- unusual for the series yet so well done in that all the craziness felt right coming out of the characters and made it easy to accept that this is how these people would behave if this much stuff went wrong this fast. And it was one of the later episodes when most series are running on fumes.
From IMDB:

Cheers has been hired to do the liquor service at Woody and Kelly's wedding reception, the ceremony and reception to be held at the Gaines mansion. While the gang at Cheers are getting prepared for the event on the day, the bride and groom surprisingly show up at the bar, the groom with the biggest smile on his face. After initially deciding to wait until after they're married, Woody and Kelly instead consummated their relationship that morning. They decided that as long as they get married today, they'll be OK. Woody is only worried about Mr. Gaines finding out, since the only thing Mr. Gaines has admired about Woody compared to all Kelly's other boyfriends is his respect for her.

As a wedding gift, superstitious Carla prepares an astrological marriage chart for the couple. However, the resulting chart shows that they should not get married today, despite Kelly being considered a fallen woman if they don't. Later in the Gaines mansion's kitchen, the gang are getting ready for the wedding and reception. Carla's prediction of disaster seems to be coming true. Everyone has their tasks and their disasters. Rebecca has an on-going battle with the caterers, with who the Cheers gang have to share the use of the kitchen. The catering chef may only be able to take so much of Rebecca. Cliff is taking photos with a camera with a blinding flash.

Kelly keeps on wandering down into the kitchen to meet up with Woody, the two who cannot keep their hands off each other, while Mr. Gaines continues to look for her to make sure she's not doing anything improper with Woody. Sam gets propositioned by Kelly's sexy cousin Monika, despite the fact that she's married to Dieter, the most jealous man in the world. Dr. Chatfield, the minister, (dies and gets stuffed in the dumbwaiter) just before the ceremony - a fact they try to hide from everyone including Woody and Kelly - leaving only one person there, Kelly's Uncle Roger, an anti-marriage minister with a drinking problem (they find this out when they sober him up then they have to get him drunk again), qualified to perform the ceremony. Because of the delays in the kitchen with all these problems, Lilith appoints herself as guest entertainment using whatever talents she can think of. All the while, they all have to deal with Mr. Gaines' attack Dobermans in the back yard. One last disaster strikes in the kitchen while the ceremony is about to take place.
 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
27. All in the family: everybody tells the truth
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 01:27 PM
Apr 2015

I wouldn't necessarily say it's my absolute favourite, but I've always enjoyed tales told from multiple perspectives. I really liked the X-Files episode that employed the same scheme as well.



marym625

(17,997 posts)
29. I remember this!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 01:32 PM
Apr 2015

Yes! This is a great one! One of the first times I remember seeing Ron Glass too.

Thank you! Good stuff!

marym625

(17,997 posts)
42. yep. it was a great show
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 02:49 PM
Apr 2015

There just aren't sitcoms now like Barney Miller, All in the Family, etc that were hilarious while staying close to reality. Not that I know if anyway

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
34. Another worth mentioning is Niles Crane's Valentine's Day date on Frasier
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 01:46 PM
Apr 2015

One critic called it "the funniest 7 minutes on television."

It's Valentine's Day and Niles is having his date come to Frasier's apartment, where Niles has prepared a gourmet dinner for just the two of them. He's finished preparing the dinner and still has a few minutes before his date arrives...

marym625

(17,997 posts)
36. What a great show
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 02:02 PM
Apr 2015

And what a funny episode!

I loved him in the show The Powers That Be. God that was a funny show

Thanks so much for this one.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
49. That was a real tour de force by David Hyde Pierce
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 06:01 PM
Apr 2015

I couldn't stop laughing. From the fainting, to running around holding his finger up, to using his gourmet dinner to put out the fire. And the kicker we don't see but can only imagine--his date arriving to find him, with no pants, passed out in the open doorway of the smoking ruins of the apartment.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
37. Thanks!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 02:04 PM
Apr 2015

And thanks for your contribution to the thread. It's a good thing to laugh here once in a while. And after what I saw this morning, really needed it!

valerief

(53,235 posts)
52. I should have included one from Family Guy, but there are soooo many
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 06:17 PM
Apr 2015

funny from that show.

Also, Arrested Development and The Office (British version) were hilarious

marym625

(17,997 posts)
84. I never watched the other 2 but family guy, yeah, SO many
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 08:30 PM
Apr 2015

Have to say I think my favorite is the sex education


Family Guy - Meg does it in the ear:




gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
213. I don't remember the Family Guy episode, but Lois' Christmas meltdown
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 06:49 PM
Apr 2015

Everything is going wrong for Christmas at the Griffin house, but Lois is blithely passing through all the problems. Finally, Brian sets fire to the kitchen when he tries to prepare the turkey, and the kitchen is totaled. Everyone's expecting Lois to snap, but she just says it's time to clean up, someone give her some paper towels. Meg observes that they're out of paper towels, and Lois finally loses it. She goes on an epic rant, snarls at the family that they think the elaborate Christmas celebration she choreographs every year "just happens. Well, it doesn't 'just happen'! It falls out of my holly, jolly butt!" The rant continues for a while before Lois flees the house in a rage. At which point, Meg reaches behind some of the detritus in the kitchen and says, "Oh, here's the paper towels."

marym625

(17,997 posts)
67. Oh DERP!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 07:46 PM
Apr 2015

You said all of the Absolutely Fabulous and I thought you meant everything everyone posted was absolutely fabulous.

Yes, what I have seen of that show, it was damn good! Thank you

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
44. A new favorite for me is
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 03:38 PM
Apr 2015

the baseball card segment in the Express Christmas episode in Season 3 of Modern Family.

Manny accidently zaps Phil with his mom's stun gun while Phil is purchasing a signed mint condition Joe Dimaggio baseball card to give to his F-I-L. After the sale goes through, residual spasms rapidly change the mint condition card in Phil's hand from mint, to good, to fair, to garbage with Phil, unable to stop what's happening, jerkily announces each change in the card's condition.

Tears were streaming from my eyes from laughing so hard...just like they are now simply remembering that scene.

Hopefully you can watch a re-run of it or perhaps some kind person can find the clip?

marym625

(17,997 posts)
48. That was a great one!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 05:51 PM
Apr 2015

I can't find a clip but I know exactly what you are talking about. Hilarious episode! Thanks!

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
47. Father Ted - Dougal replaces milkman
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 05:45 PM
Apr 2015


When Ted and Dougal expose a philandering milkman, Pat Mustard, he takes revenge on his replacement, Dougal, by putting a bomb on the milk float. If Dougal's speed drops below 4 mph, the bomb will explode, taking Dougal with it.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
69. I sort of remember it
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 07:48 PM
Apr 2015

Going to have to look it up. But I am sure it was hilarious! Seinfeld usually was

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
51. Newsradio Season 3 Ep4 Arcade
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 06:14 PM
Apr 2015

Beth replaces the sandwich vending machine in the office with an arcade game. Lisa and Dave retake the SAT, but the arcade game keeps Dave up the night before the test. Bill falls apart when he can't get his favorite sandwiches.



marym625

(17,997 posts)
70. I never watched that show.
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 07:51 PM
Apr 2015

I will have to look up the episode. .I'm sure 8th was really funny. Thanks for putting it here. Those that did watch it, I am sure, are laughing. And now I have more to look forward to that I hadn't seen before

Thank you

marym625

(17,997 posts)
72. Yes, that was an amazing show
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 07:55 PM
Apr 2015

Doesn't have to be funny. The episode from All In The Family when Archie doesn't want one of Mike and Gloria's friends coming to Christmas dinner because the guy was a Draft dodger, is one of my favorites. When Archie says he doesn't want to talk about that damn war anymore. Powerful. Just like the Henry Blake episode of MASH.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,294 posts)
56. Fawlty Towers - but which one?
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 06:39 PM
Apr 2015

The Psychiatrist, perhaps? (This is blocked by YouTube in the UK, but I presume it works in the USA):



Basil the Rat?



The Germans? So many to choose from.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
74. I'm sure they're great
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 07:58 PM
Apr 2015

Fawlty Towers was a great show. No, sorry, you have to purchase the episode to watch it. .but thanks for trying! And for bringing Fawlty Towers into the thread!

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
59. #1 - WKRP - the Turkey episode.
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 06:46 PM
Apr 2015

Nuff said,

#2 - The Bob Newhart Thanksgiving episode where Bob, Jerry and Howard get bombed, burn the turkey and spend forever trying to order Chinese food.

#3 - The death of Chuckles the Clown on the MTM show and Mary's breaking down in hysterical laughter at the funeral. Priceless.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
61. Another WKRP that's not hilarious...
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 06:57 PM
Apr 2015

But I always liked the ep with Doctor Johnny Fever and the "Phone Cops."

marym625

(17,997 posts)
76. I don't remember that one.
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 08:02 PM
Apr 2015

I will have to look it up.

Another one that is great but not funny is the one aabout the Who concert when 12 people died because of general seating. Horrible reality and great show.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
90. As soon as it started playing I remembered it.
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 08:42 PM
Apr 2015

Absolutely hilarious episode! It's on cable every Sunday night. Hopefully, they'll have this episode on tonight

marym625

(17,997 posts)
99. I'm going to have to do that now!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 10:06 PM
Apr 2015

And it has taken on a whole new meaning since it aired!

Good stuff!

marym625

(17,997 posts)
75. Definitely awesome choices!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 08:00 PM
Apr 2015

I am going to have to watch those again. Especially the Bob Newhart one. Haven't seen that in forever. More goo to go!

Thank you!

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
132. I remember Newhart as a standup comic
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 02:35 AM
Apr 2015

When I was a kid, my family had his albums. The Grace L. Ferguson Airline and Storm Door Company is still engrained in my mind. From the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart...

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
60. MASH...
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 06:55 PM
Apr 2015

Murphy Brown and WKRP. Oh, and Bosom Buddies, too.

Haven't watched any TV to speak of in the nearly ten years now, so those will have to do.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
78. They do fine!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 08:08 PM
Apr 2015

Thank you! Except for Modern Family, I don't think I have watched a new sitcom in question years. Not one I stuck with anyway.

Those are great shows! Thanks!

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
101. I am so out of tune with most all of
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 10:16 PM
Apr 2015

popular culture, none of the titles or characters of most of the newer ones mean much to me at all, except what I absorb in passing, which isn't very much.

I pretty much stopped watching when reality programming became popular and started cropping up almost everywhere, and the other options were murder via CSI nearly every night of the week (except the episodes with Jeff Goldblum which I loved.) SNL stopped being funny to me eons ago.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
104. exactly what I did!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 10:24 PM
Apr 2015

I did watch the first season of survivor. That was it. Now I watch reruns a lot

marym625

(17,997 posts)
140. hahaha
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 07:30 AM
Apr 2015

I should use the library more often. I do in the summer. Winters I am a hermit and use online downloads.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
79. Ha!
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 08:10 PM
Apr 2015

I just saw this episode in the last few weeks. Was hilarious! Especially when Roseanne is upset because she doesn't know where she sent DJ.

Thanks for including this one!

Inkfreak

(1,695 posts)
81. Easy. The funeral for Marshals dad on How I Met Your Mother.
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 08:21 PM
Apr 2015

I always end my phone conversations with "I love you" when I speak to my Mom and that show kinda encapsulates why I do that.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
228. I have never seen that show.
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 09:50 AM
Apr 2015

I don't mean that episode, I mean the show. But a couple people have mentioned it so I am going to check it out.

Thank you

csziggy

(34,133 posts)
123. Soap is one of my favoriate sitcoms of all time
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 12:18 AM
Apr 2015

I love a quote from the episode where the men have gone to a bar to commiserate each other over their various losses/problems:

Burt Campbell:
Life plays funny tricks...You see what happens in life is this - something bad happens to you and you say “Oh God, look at this bad thing that just happened to me.”

Then you figure it’s over and it will all get good again but then what happens is another bad thing happens and then you say “Pffft, that was a surprise. I mean, two bad things in a row but I guess that’s it for a while ‘cause I just had my quota of bad.”

And then what happens is some awful thing happens to you like everything gets taken away from you and you say “Pfft, well, that’s it, there is nothing else that can happen - I lost everything.”

And then life plays it’s ‘funny trick’ - you die.


I've never found this clip anywhere as a video. Richard Mulligan that played Burt did it so well, he cracked me up nearly every episode.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
125. He was superb
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 12:22 AM
Apr 2015

That was the first show the moral majority had taken off the air. I remember calling and writing in to try and stop it, as so many did, but ABC caved.

And at the end of the bar scene, they leave Bob on the table and tell the bartender he'll pay the tab.

csziggy

(34,133 posts)
127. Yes - and remember Benson was a spin off from Soap
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 12:58 AM
Apr 2015

Robert Guillaume was great in both of those shows, too. I wish he were still doing TV but he's 88 now.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
180. I think he had a stroke
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 09:30 AM
Apr 2015

A pretty bad one. I could be mixing him up with someone else, but I am pretty sure it was him. And he did do a little acting since but not much.

I was so upset when he left Soap. The connection between Benson and Jessica was a great part of the show. But Benson was a great show too.

csziggy

(34,133 posts)
210. Yes, he did - during a series
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 03:01 PM
Apr 2015

He returned to the series in a limited capacity and they wrote in a stroke for his character.

Gillaume mostly did stage performances so his TV and film credits are relatively few. He's also done some voice acting for animation.

He is an actor who I wish I had seen more of and who I already miss even though he is not gone yet.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
92. Although it was not my favorite show,
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 08:47 PM
Apr 2015

I still think the ending of the final episode of "Newhart" was the best ending of any final episode of all time.




By the way, turkeys are able to fly quite well. Wild turkeys (bronze turkeys) roost in trees, they can't climb trees, that's for sure.

(The white turkeys raised for human consumption can barely stand as adults, let alone fly.)

marym625

(17,997 posts)
93. yes, I remember all the discussion about that when
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 09:13 PM
Apr 2015

The episode originally aired. Whatever kind of turkey Carlson used, couldn't fly.

I agree with you on the Newhart show. Classic! Absolutely classic!

Thank you!

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
94. Anyone remember the Cheers episode where Harry Anderson pulls a poker scam?
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 09:24 PM
Apr 2015

Coach is being scammed by a card shark and so he brings in Harry Anderson to win his money back.

Hilarity ensues.

Very well crafted episode if I recall correctly.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
110. totally agree
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 11:13 PM
Apr 2015

He was perfect for the role too. I actually resented Woody Harrelson the first few episodes he was in. Like it was his fault the actor died.

fishwax

(29,149 posts)
114. that's definitely one of the show's best episodes
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 11:37 PM
Apr 2015


Also good were the episodes with prank wars against the folks at Gary's Olde Towne Tavern.

ok_cpu

(2,049 posts)
98. Might Not Be As Funny to the Single DUers
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 10:03 PM
Apr 2015

But the episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" with the suitcase on the steps.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
103. I'm single and thought that was hilarious
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 10:22 PM
Apr 2015

Did you see the show Taking Raymond to Russia, or something like that?

ok_cpu

(2,049 posts)
170. Actually, I'd never heard of it until just now.
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 06:48 PM
Apr 2015

Sounds pretty interesting. Thanks for mentioning it. I'll have to check it out.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
184. It was on TV Land
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:00 AM
Apr 2015

Sometime in the last month. Was really interesting. Have to say the thing that surprised me the most was that the producer, or whoever that is that owns the show, is married to the woman that played Amy.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
106. I'm tossing a new one into a mix - 'Charlie Work' from It' Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 10:50 PM
Apr 2015

It was from this past season and I think it will become one of the top rated Sunny episodes. The writing was so tight on that episode and Charlie Day gave an acting tour de force as he tried to make sure that Paddy's Pub passed inspection even though the rest of the gang decided that today they would try to make some sort airline miles for frozen steaks and live chicken scam.

I laughed my ass off the entire episode. The reviewers all gave it very high marks.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/05/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-charlie-work-review

marym625

(17,997 posts)
109. I've not heard of it before
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 11:11 PM
Apr 2015

I will have to check it out tomorrow. Watching something else right now. But I'm excited to see it. Thanks!

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
151. If you have never seen 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' you might not get it
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 10:13 AM
Apr 2015

But you have to understand that Charlie is this borderline illiterate buffoon huffer who is always screwing up and coming up with these hairbrain schemes. Not that the rest of the gang is that much better but Dennis and Dee are twins who come from an upper middle class family who both went to University of Pennsylvania (although Dee dropped out) and Mac at least graduated HS and can read. Frank is Dennis & Dee's father but we found out that he wasn't their biological but might actually be Charlie's father (which would make sense since Frank is played brilliantly by Danny DeVito who is essentially this homely imp wheres Dennis & Dee are these tall, good-looking people). For ten seasons 'Charlie Work' has been defined as the menial task work that no one in their right mind would want to do at the bar so Charlie does it instead - like cleaning toilets, catching the rats in the basement and other gross jobs at the run-down bar.

So for this episode, also called 'Charlie Work', it's like all of the work Charlie does comes up for consideration of how well he does and Charlie comes across as this fricking genius where the rest come across like the buffoons that Charlie usually is.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
179. It's kind of scary I know nothing about this or so many other shows
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 09:26 AM
Apr 2015

Thanks for the information on it. I love Devito. I am going to have to check it out.

mike dub

(541 posts)
115. "Period of Adjustment" from season 8 of M*A*S*H
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 11:42 PM
Apr 2015

Seeing B.J. Hunnicutt, played by Mike Farrell, work through his little daughter Erin state-side having called Radar (arriving back state side in uniform) "Daddy", is a sight to behold. My eyes are Never dry by the end of this episode. I can't remember seeing a character melt down toward the end of an episode of a half hour sitcom quite like BJ/Farrell does. Alan Alda plays brilliantly off of Farrell as well.

https://m.


marym625

(17,997 posts)
117. Yes, that was a good one
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 11:57 PM
Apr 2015

And as hard as it was to watch, it was nice to see a character that stayed true to his family.

There was an earlier episode when trapper has a similar issue about his wife. But it wasn't quite as powerful.

Thank you

marym625

(17,997 posts)
141. I love the early shows
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 07:40 AM
Apr 2015

When Opie is just a wee lad. I don't recall that particular episode though. I will try to find it.

Thanks!

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
135. "That's My Boy?" was a BIG DEAL at the time....
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 03:03 AM
Apr 2015

.... since it pulled the race question..... simmering just below the surface in the collective unconsciousness... kicking and screaming out of the shadows and just put it straight out there.

And did it so ARTFULLY. Kudos to Reiner/Persky/Denoff et al ( the creative team) as well as that fantastic cast.

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
144. Carl Reiner..... Rob's dad.
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 08:09 AM
Apr 2015

He was the show's originator, I do believe, and additionally produced and directed many of the episodes. Persky and Denoff were the writing team.

Bill Persky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Persky

marym625

(17,997 posts)
145. like a dream team for a TV show
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 08:21 AM
Apr 2015

I wasn't sure of the timing so I guessed Rob. I love Carl Reiner! I follow him on twitter. He just rocks!

Thank you. I can't wait to watch it!

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
146. BTW... Carl Reiner had a recurring role on the show as "Alan Brady"....
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 09:21 AM
Apr 2015

... who was the fictional host of the fictional variety show that the Van Dyke character ( Rob Petrie) was writing for.

He was fantastic. (And IS still fantastic; he's 90-something and I hear he still does bit acting parts, here and there.)

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
165. Hopefully it's a goof. My wiki link looks like it's under construction now.
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 02:35 PM
Apr 2015

But that's how it read this am. It said he died yesterday in Philadelphia, I believe.

Skittles

(153,137 posts)
136. Taxi episode when Alex made Elaine see a shrink because of her erratic behavior
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 05:17 AM
Apr 2015

Elaine thinks it's BS but goes along with it; she tries to get the doc to write a note saying she's OK but he insists they talk for a while - while talking, Elaine gets overwhelmed with the frustrations she feels and breaks down crying - it was very well done, but still had humor

.

OMG, the tidbits you can pick up by Googling - the episode was "Nardo Loses her Marbles" - the doc was played by Tom Ewell - he passed away in 1995 at age 85 - his mother outlived him by three years and died at age 105!

marym625

(17,997 posts)
143. wow! can you imagine losing a child at that age?
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 07:45 AM
Apr 2015

One of my uncles died in 1985. My grandmother was 95. She lived to 97. Can't imagine what that must be like.

I don't have time to watch this right now but I will later. Looking forward to it. Loved this show!

Thank you!

Initech

(100,053 posts)
150. Seinfeld where Jerry and George hijack a limo headed to a neo Nazi rally.
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 10:12 AM
Apr 2015

I like when George is reading the guy's speech and it's full of anti semitic undertones, and Jerry is like "You're not going to open with that are you?"

Initech

(100,053 posts)
153. Curb Your Enthusiasm - "The Doll"
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 10:16 AM
Apr 2015

"Mommy the bald man is in the bathroom and there's something hard in his pants!"

marym625

(17,997 posts)
185. omd that's hilarious!
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:06 AM
Apr 2015

Sorry, got behind on this post.

I have only seen a handful of episodes from that show. I am definitely going to look for this one. Thank you!

StarlightGold

(365 posts)
154. Rodney and Del Boy
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 10:44 AM
Apr 2015

dressed as Batman and Robin unintentionally coming to the aid of a robbery victim.

Perfect!!

marym625

(17,997 posts)
186. Another one I have never heard of.
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:07 AM
Apr 2015

Is that a US show?

Thanks for posting it. I hope others know it. I will look it up.

StarlightGold

(365 posts)
211. "Only Fools and Horses"
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 05:51 PM
Apr 2015

a British show from the 80's and 90's. The timing and chemistry was great; one of the best shows around. Another episode was when Rodney and Del Boy were preparing to clean a giant chandelier...the build up and payoff was so funny!
It's under license from the BBC, so it's hard to get a hold of.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
226. Thank you
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 09:32 AM
Apr 2015

I admit, I very often don't watch British TV because I have a horrible time with accents. Don't know why. Just always have. So if someone in a show has a strong one, I usually miss half of what is said

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
156. Andy Griffith - too many for a favorite, but here are a couple
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 10:57 AM
Apr 2015

"Meat!"



Barney reciting the preamble to the constitution.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
188. awesome stuff!
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:21 AM
Apr 2015

Thanks for the links! I loved every episode with the Darlings

My dad met Denver Pyle at the Denver airport. They were stuck during a snow storm for a while so they got to talk for quite a while. Said he was as down to earth, though obviously much more intelligent, as the Darlings character. He also said, Mr. Pyle that is, that Chicago has the best restaurants and best beef in the country.

I saw Selma Saturday at a Fight for $15 event. What a contrast to the Oprah scene of reciting the Constitution.

Coventina

(27,080 posts)
160. My fav Will & Grace is the "Sound of Music" episode
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 11:30 AM
Apr 2015

Grace: What do I look like? Some kind of babysitter!!!

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
223. Jack's Magic Act:
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 09:23 AM
Apr 2015

He and Karen collaborate.... or try to.

Hang on for the scene where he thinks he's actually turned Karen into a real rabbit. And tries to talk himself down.

Watch how well Sean Hayes does that scene. Gotta be nothing more difficult than comic acting. He is a friggin' master of the art.

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
206. "Give it to me straight, Dr. Huxtable. Am I looking at a lifetime....
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 11:31 AM
Apr 2015

... of loneliness and misery?

Or is Stan gonna die?"

marym625

(17,997 posts)
207. LOL!
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 12:02 PM
Apr 2015

I don't remember that. But sure sounds like a good episode.

What a shame that the show has been tainted by his horrific behavior. Every station pulled the reruns.

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
214. Well... not quite.
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:27 PM
Apr 2015

The black MD in the episode wasn't really "Dr. Huxtable" ( or Bill Cosby). Part of Karen's (Megan Mullally) bizarro personality was her superiority ( to EVERYONE) complex and the attendant stereotyping of anyone who was stereotype-able.

Hence the black doctor was "Huxtable" and any Asian female was "Yoko."

As though she, Karen, couldn't be bothered to make distinctions among people.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
215. Oh sorry. It was a will and grace
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 08:27 PM
Apr 2015

I thought I was under the OP. Yes, now I remember that. Loved her character. Couldn't stand her voice though after the first season.

Thanks for clarifying

Coventina

(27,080 posts)
162. Simpsons "Bart After Dark"
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 12:03 PM
Apr 2015

An Emmy winning episode for good reason!!

Great quotes by all the characters

Homer (with great dignity): I have misplaced my pants.

Rev. Lovejoy: Thanks a lot, Marge. That was our only burlesque house.

Bart: Lady, I gotta tell ya - I have been grossly misinformed about witches.

Marge (disgruntled): I have rocks that need washing at home.

Homer: Where is Bart? His dinner is getting all cold and eaten....

marym625

(17,997 posts)
191. I hate to admit it
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:31 AM
Apr 2015

But I have never seen the Simpsons.

I am going to have to watch. I feel like a traitor when I say that.

Thanks for the post. I am sure everyone else will know exactly what those are about. But they're still funny even when I didn't ever see it. Thank you!

Coventina

(27,080 posts)
196. That's a really good episode to start with. It's a great plot and the characters are all in top
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:36 AM
Apr 2015

form.

And, it's hysterically funny.

malthaussen

(17,183 posts)
200. Well, the OP did specify "sitcoms."
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:45 AM
Apr 2015

But TTWT definitely is a funny episode. Dunno which I like more, Scotty explaining why he had to fight the Klingons, or Shatner's typically over-empahtic "Who put the Tribbles in the quatro-tritacale." Reminds me of the contemporary Contadina commercial.

-- Mal

Coventina

(27,080 posts)
175. My favorite BBT is the Thanksgiving episode from 2013.
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 08:36 PM
Apr 2015

When it turns out Penny and Zach are married!!

So many great lines in that one!!

"I don't know if you're the kind of guy I want dating my wife!"



Your pick is great as well.

"One day at a time, Penny, one day at a time!!"



Bucky

(53,984 posts)
167. The way Sheriff Andy handled the Freedom Riders trying to desegregate Mayberry
Mon Apr 6, 2015, 03:04 PM
Apr 2015


"They're interlopers, Anj... and we got to nip that Tom Foolery right in the bud... right... in... the bud!!"

marym625

(17,997 posts)
195. I don't remember that one.
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:34 AM
Apr 2015

I'm going to have to look it up. Pretty risqué for the time I would imagine.

Thanks so much!

marym625

(17,997 posts)
197. She helped change me.
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:43 AM
Apr 2015

I am forever in her debt. Though it still took me about 5 years after to come out, it was that episode that started my journey to living in my reality.

She had Laura Dern on an her talk show not that long ago. Was surprised me, and actually made me a little sad, is that Ellen had no idea how much that show affected Laura Dern. Years being black balled.

Absolutely fabulous and historic episode! Thank you!

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
222. Some of us Python fans tried to recite it in high school
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 02:59 AM
Apr 2015

It was pretty hard trying to remember all those cheese names, especially in the correct order!

However, everyone was able to remember "Venezuelan beaver cheese"

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
239. "Not much of a cheese shop, is it?"
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 04:56 PM
Apr 2015

"Finest in the district, sir."

"Well, it's certainly uncontaminated by cheese."

Coventina

(27,080 posts)
194. That is a GREAT episode!!
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:34 AM
Apr 2015

The Young Ones was kind of hit-or-miss with me, but that one was complete genius!

marym625

(17,997 posts)
203. That's good stuff!
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:50 AM
Apr 2015

Thank you. I never heard of it before. If the show is as funny as that scene, I am going to have to check it out. Thank you!

A HERETIC I AM

(24,365 posts)
187. Fawlty Towers; "Don't mention the war"
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:14 AM
Apr 2015


For as short as the series ran, it was absolute genius thruout.

As far as American SitComs, I have to agree with the above - Barney Miller, Hash Brownies.

Jack Soo was just hilarious in that.

One other thing that bears mentioning is the opening credits music in so many of those old shows. The intro to Taxi and Barney Miller in particular were some excellent Jazz riffs.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
204. I remember this episode
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:54 AM
Apr 2015

I didn't see very many Fawlty Towers episodes but I did catch this one. Thanks for posting.

Jack Soo was great and absolutely perfect in the hash episode mushy mushy.

The old shows had, IMHO, much better introduction music than now I agree

catbyte

(34,356 posts)
216. I have a tie. "Barney's First Car", Andy Griffith Show & "The Betrayal" Seinfeld.
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 08:32 PM
Apr 2015

Honorable Mention goes to Vitameatavegemin, I Love Lucy.

 

Liberalynn

(7,549 posts)
218. Mine was the WKRP
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:47 PM
Apr 2015

episode where Johnny and Venus were taking a test administered by a Deputy Sheriff to prove your reflexes were slower and less responsive after alcohol consumption. Venus indeed got very drunk but Johnny Fever's reflexes got faster. In the same episode Herb dressed up in a Carp costume and got into a brawl with the WPIG pig in the lobby.

Johnny came in saw it and was convinced he was now indeed drunk because he saw a giant pink pig painting the lobby walls.

My favorite part was Venus insisting he had to have a hat because the cop had one. So he goes to Mr. Carlson, who lends him a fishing hat. Venus said "thanks for the lid Art!"

I think I laughed harder at that, than I remember laughing at anything in my life. I have it on DVD.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
240. I remember that episode.
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 04:58 PM
Apr 2015

The pig defacing the walls was hysterical, and Johnny's reaction topped even that.

That was definitely a stoner's sitcom.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
221. For me it was this one without any doubt
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 12:47 AM
Apr 2015

The Car 54 Where Are You? episode featuring stand up comedian Jan Murray I saw as a kid in the early 1960s entitled "Boom, Boom, Boom". I find almost all the old Car 54 episodes hysterically funny but this one is legendary.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
233. I didn't know it was a comedy
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 10:02 AM
Apr 2015

My mom used to say, "car 54 where are you" often but I never saw the show. For some reason what you posted won't load. Going to have to check it out later. But I am glad to be able to watch an episode. Thank you!

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
235. CHEERS: Bar Wars IV This Time It's For Real
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 02:51 PM
Apr 2015


Especially knowing the background with rivalry between the Cheer's the gang and Gary's Old town tavern.

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
238. Futurama - Jurassic Bark
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 03:59 PM
Apr 2015

Full episode: http://kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/Futurama-Season-04/Episode-007-Jurassic-Bark

The series follows the adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

In Jurassic Bark, Fry is shocked to find a fossilized dog in a museum exhibit, which he recognizes as his pet from the 20th century, Seymour. Professor Farnsworth examines Seymour's body and concludes that, due to his unusually rapid fossilization, a DNA sample can be made to produce a clone and it would even be possible to recreate Seymour's personality and memory.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
241. I've seen that a dozen times
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 05:00 PM
Apr 2015

and not once have I made it through to the end without getting all misty or crying.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
244. I haven't seen it.
Thu Apr 9, 2015, 08:11 AM
Apr 2015

I was going from the explanation given and making an assumption based on the sitcom part of the OP.

This actually makes me want to see it more.

Thank you

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,157 posts)
245. Not sure which one is my all time favorite, but I have a few.
Thu Apr 9, 2015, 03:53 PM
Apr 2015

Seinfeld's "The Gum", where George is desperately attempting to convince an old friend that he hasn't gone crazy, but everything is making him out to sound as if he is just that. Just wonderfully crafted and written.

Arrested Development's "The Immaculate Election"--Introduces Tobias as "Mrs. Featherbottom" and features George Michael in a doomed campaign for student president, with GOB as his campaign manager. "Steve Holt is a bastard.....he doesn't even know who his father is!". There are so many funny moments in Arrested Development, but I think this had to be my favorite episode of all.

The IT Crowd's "Moss and the German"--From the fake FBI anti-piracy commercial at the beginning of the episode, to Jen being banished to smoking Siberia, to Moss apparently not being bothered by the fact that the man who's ad for cooking lessons he answered wants to cook him.....it perfectly sums up the absurdist humor of the show. Actually, any number of IT Crowd episodes could qualify. Such as "The Work Outing" ("I'm disabled!&quot

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